Re: PostgreSQL Database Server 8.0 Service Password Problem - WinXP Home

wooooo hoooo!

wes, worked like a charm, however, i was never able to
view the postgres user in winxp home - so the only way
to verify this worked was to run the installer again -
and it worked as if there was no prior install so all
is well!

i remember posting "net user..." command calls to
delete the service (but not the user) within the last
few days... but i didn't make the connection to
users.

thanks to all who helped and thanks to wes for the
answer that actually worked for winxp home (winxp pro
likely has more functionality here).

--- Wes Williams <wes_williams(at)fcbonline(dot)net> wrote:

> type the following at the command prompt (start,
> run, "cmd"):
>
> net user postgres /delete
>
> Typing "net user" and you should no longer see the
> "postgres" account to
> confirm.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf
> Of
> operationsengineer1(at)yahoo(dot)com
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 2:10 PM
> To: me(at)alternize(dot)com; Afton & Ray Still;
> pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Database Server 8.0
> Service Password
> Problem - WinXP Home
>
>
> thomas,
>
> there is no postgresql user that i can access in
> winxp
> home. are you using winxp pro? if so, maybe that
> accounts for the difference in being able to view
> these options.
>
> i search my registry and my local drive for
> pgsql-8.0
> - absolutely nothing.
>
> there is no user information displaying in computer
> administration or in user accounts.
>
> OE1
>
> --- me(at)alternize(dot)com wrote:
>
> > just delete the postgresql windows user created by
> > the 8.0 setup and restart
> > the setup.
> >
> > - thomas
> >
> > btw: the service is called pgsql-8.0
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <operationsengineer1(at)yahoo(dot)com>
> > To: "Afton & Ray Still" <rastill(at)shaw(dot)ca>;
> > <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:40 PM
> > Subject: [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Database Server 8.0
> > Service Password Problem -
> > WinXP Home
> >
> >
> > > hi all,
> > >
> > > i think i'm stuck with alton and ray's problem -
> i
> > > stopped my install just after creating a
> database
> > > service and approving the auto-generated file.
> > >
> > > i went to copy down the password and stopped
> > because,
> > > 1. there was a character (legal subparagraph
> > character
> > > - straight line "s-curves" running its length
> and
> > / or
> > > elongated ovals running perpendicular) that my
> > > keyboard didn't support and 2. i figured it was
> in
> > the
> > > log file.
> > >
> > > i stoped because i wanted to delete all prior
> > > instances of my cygwin pgsql install to avoid
> any
> > > confusion on the part of the system or myself
> down
> > the
> > > road.
> > >
> > > after i did the delete, i started getting
> > concerned i
> > > might have set myself up for failure... the
> > concern
> > > was warranted. ;-)
> > >
> > > i tried to install postgresql from scratch this
> > > morning. the log file from last night was over
> > > written with no notice to the user - so there's
> no
> > > record from last night anymore.
> > >
> > > i breifly checked the file last night for the
> > password
> > > and i didn't see it - so maybe it isn't kept
> > there,
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > i check in services and there is no postgresql
> > > database server 8.0 listed.
> > >
> > > i do a search for "postgresql database server
> 8.0"
> > in
> > > my registry and in my local drive and nothing
> > comes
> > > up. i search postgresql - nadda.
> > >
> > > it has to be there because i can't install pgsql
> > > without that password.
> > >
> > > how is it stored? is it in zipped format and is
> > that
> > > why my searches are missing it? is it in the
> > > registry?
> > >
> > > i need...
> > >
> > > 1. access to the password in order to install
> > pgsql 8
> > >
> > > or,
> > >
> > > 2. access to delete the service so i can start
> all
> > > over again.
> > >
> > > or,
> > >
> > > 3. something i don't yet know i need. ;-)
> > >
> > > any advice w/b greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > tia...
>
>
>
>
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